Catch-22

by Joseph Heller
Style
Explanation and Analysis:

The most conspicuous part of Joseph Heller's very peculiar style is his love of paradoxes. Throughout the book, Heller often describes and defines ideas that turn back logically on themselves; or depicts a character feeling two contradictory feelings at the same time; or subverts readers' expectations on multiple levels. Heller's use of paradox, oxymoron, irony, and other such contradictions is fundamental to how he depicts his strange world in prose.